Apple slicer and corer.



J. SEGERC.

APPLE SLICER AND com. APPLICATION FILED'AUG. I5. 1917.

* 1,25%?6, Patented Dec. 18,1917:

I ject of EtheKin'g of EHungary; and a resident Slicers and Gorers, of which-"the'following of Belmar, in the county; of :Monmouthk'ahd State bf, N w; Jersey," have: invented certain new and: useful Improvements in: Apple isZagspecificatiQm a The; present invention relates' to improve,- ments in cutting and coringdevicesfor use in dividin-g ,anappjle; or otherafruit having a central;- core, into 2 parts" and E simultaneously separatingthexcore therefrom;

1 One oflnthe "objects of the invention provide E-ardevice =of; this type which sim= ple 1n construction," efiicienthn operation, and

which :canbe manufactured F onya commercial scale, or, ,inr-otherawords, iQn'e {which-is not. so

fdifficultLto produce astobebeyondkthe rea sonable; cost of-such acontrivanc'e-r 2A1] other: object of; the invention g-isntol so design the-implement that it can be readily taken apart for-zcleaningmurpofsesr a u .-Avfurther; objectwof thezi'inventionis{to provide a combined:v apple cutter and corer,

' that is adjustable as to the-number of equal partsinto which the fruitds to be divided; I g Withfthese andnwotherg ob jects in view, which' will more fully appear iasthe na'ture. of v the invention is better; understood,- the samea'consists; in a: the combination. arrange mentmand construction rof :parts hereinafter described, pointed lout-inmtheci appended claimsa'nd illustrated {in the accompany ng ,1"- drawingswit beingrunderstoodthat man-y changes may be made 1n the sizeand-ipropon' tion :of :the :severali'parts andedetails-of construction within. the scope-=of1the {appended 7 claims without departing from the spirit-- or sacrificingiany-ofTtlieadvantages of the in vention. ;-v-u 13';

I One of the manyrpossible?embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, in which igu re i is-- a central vertical section: taken through an implement constructed in; ac cordance with the present inventlon; Fig. 2

is a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is'a front elevation of one of the cutting blades,

on a smaller scale; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the coring knife'of the implement, on a larger scale; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the blade spacer of the contrivance.

The device comprises a tubular handle 10, the lower end 11 of which is sharpened,

1 seriai nozuseg'szw 19 31 constituting Ethe" coring. nifevdf the device. The sharpened end of the handles Prov ded-1 with a plurality. r of i peripheral notches 112, for a purpose hereinafter rte rbe .describedeh :Over the handle2is"drawn;sub

stantially at it's middle section, a sleeve 13,- e

ha vin-g iexterior screw-threads: le-, and an eutwardlv extending-flange 15 at its-:loiver end. This: 1SlGBV-B *israttaehed; totheihandle in an'yi; su1table :manner; "as; for; instance;t;by bra zmg wltlrthel threads Mro-f-sthe sleeve is ;-provided, :in its lower portion-, with; radial C11tS 119, which extend fromw theiperiphery thereof tof'itsxbore 17. 7 Inwthe caseillustrated i ill'ethe "draw'ingsy-zthere are forty'ei ght: equt distantlyidisposed radial'cuts-provided in the V 1 cylindrical body 1-8, but obviously their number-maybe ;yaried according; to-ithe re quirementsrg- Thei'base or; planeunderface; 0f the cylindricalabody -1f8*abutsiagainst'the up w per; face of Zth ejflange -15 abovementioned. The; cutting bladesQOjof the im'p'lemenhare each of asubstanti'all-y triangular; configuration,:-and arranged with their apices 211 1113;-

ward; 'lheba'seSaQQ of thecutting blades are sharpened constitute the cutting edgesthereofri flhei-sides 0f the triangles extend at yrightyangles tothe cuttingibdges thereof, and are each pro videchnear the: said 1;;

cutting edges. with a lugf 24,;that is seated, when at-he implement-is assembled, in one; of

' theknotches :12 in the handle. Nea-r .itS;a1) eX','

there is formed in the side;:QiSfiQffeachftriv angularblade-a recess 25; HClZLPiBGCl lIO iQCQIII- 5 mod-ate the fl'angefile: of the f'eeve'flcap :26 isdrawn over the cylind foal ;.;me1nberj 18,, said cap beingvfor: this 'purpose,;pfrovidec1i1 its; head- :Q F'ivith: ascrew-t eaded; hole 28,

the, threads of which mesh; withithose of {the SleVeql'g. The-cap, when inpositionecovjers t e uts. ,lfiii hei yl ndrlcahm mbe {18;

thereby holding the cutting blades 20 in po- *sition,-as will-"hereinafter. appear." i 1 1 the flange 15 of the said sleeve, A. given number of blades is then placed in position I laterally.

upon the handle. The lug 24 of each blade is first seated in a notch 12 of the coring knife, and then its apex inserted into one of the radial cuts 19 in the cylindrical member 18, which may be termed the blade spacing 'Any suitable number of blades may be mounted upon the instrument, care being taken, however, that they be arranged equi distantly. In the case illustrated eight blades are shown. It is obvious, however,

that with forty-eight radial cuts in the spacing element there may be used four, six, eight, twelve, or sixteen blades, or, if very small pieces are to be obtained, there may be mounted on the device twenty-four blades.

In use, the device is placed against an apple or other fruit, with the coring knife over the depression formed at the stem, or at the I opposite end, and the implement forced through the apple or other fruit. This action will divide the fruit into as many equal parts as there are blades on the implement and at the same time, the annular coring knife will cut the core ,free from the body portion of the fruit. When the cutting operation is finished, the slices or equal parts of the'body portion fall away from the implement. while the core is held within the coring knife. The core is ejected from the knife, at the upper end of the handle, by the subsequent cutting operations.

The device can be easily taken apart, and its elements conveniently cleaned. It can be easily assembled with any given number ofblades, according to the requirements, that is to say either accordingio the size of the fruit, or the size of the slices required.

' What I claim is:

1. An apple cutter and corer, comprising a tubular handle provided at its lower end with an annular notched cutting edge, a

I cylindricalmember drawn over said handle having radial cuts extending from its peripheryto said handle, substantially trianular cutting blades having lugs seatedin v t e notches in said annular cutting edge and their opposite ends seatedinthe cuts in said cylindrical member, and a cap drawn over the cuts in said cylindrical member, substan-,

tially as and for the purpose specified.

2. An apple cutter and corer, comprisin a tubular handle provided at its lower end with an annular notched'cutting edge, a 'cylindrical'me'mber drawn over said handle having radial cuts extending from its ps riphery tosaid handle, substantially triangutance below the cutting edge of said handle,

and a cap drawn overthe cuts in said cylindrical member, substantially as and'for the purpose specified. I

3.-An apple cutter and corer, comprising i a tubular handle provided at itslower end with an annular notched cutting edge, a cylindrical member drawn over said handle having radial cuts extending from its periphery to said handle, substantially triangular cutting blades having lugs seated in the notches in said annular cutting edge and their apices seated in the cutsin said cylindrical member, and a cap drawn over the cuts in said cylindrical memberysubstantially as and for thepurpose specified.

4. An apple cutter and corer, comprising a tubular handle provided at its lower end with an annular notched cutting edge, a sleevedrawn over the middle portion of said handle having an outwardly extending flange, a cylindrical member on said sleeve having radial cuts extending from its periphery to said handle, substantially triangular cutting blades having lugs seated in the notches in said annular cuttingedge and recesses accommodating said flange, and a capdrawn over the cuts in said cylindrical member substantially as and for the purpose specified. p

Signed atBelmar, inthe'county of Monmouth, and State of hlew'Jersey, this 17th day of July, A. D. 1917. r

JOSEPH SEGERC. Witnesses:

HYMAN STRUNsKY, NEIL H. MILLER. 1

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